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LONDON: Veteran British journalist and broadcaster Sir David Frost has died after a heart attack at the age of 74. A family statement said he had been giving a speech aboard the cruise ship Queen Elizabeth last night when he suffered a heart attack. "His family are devastated and ask for privacy at this difficult time. A family funeral will be held in the near future and details of a memorial service will be announced in due course," the statement issued by his family said.

BHOPAL: About 18 per cent of the electorate exercised their franchise till 11 AM for the Madhya Pradesh Assembly elections for 230 Assembly seats, the polling for which began this morning. The polling in Naxal-affected Baihar, Paraswada and Lanjhi seat began from 7 AM and will conclude at 3 PM, while in the remaining 227 seats it is being conducted as scheduled from 8 AM to 5 PM, official sources said. Till 11 AM, 18 per cent people have exercised their right to franchise for the Assembly elections, they said.

BHOPAL: Around 26 per cent of polling has been recorded till noon in the 230 Assembly constituencies of Madhya Pradesh where elections are being held today. Polling was by and large peaceful barring a few stray incidents at some places, state Chief Electoral Officer Jaideep Govind said. Firing was reported between two groups from Lahar constituency in Bhind district, an EVM was broken by people in Bhind constituency, while an EVM was looted in Dhasdua village in Morena district, Govind said, adding that law and order situation was under control across the state.

LAHORE: Pakistani authroities today rejected as "malicious Indian propaganda" reports that Indian prisoner Chamel Singh had died after allegedly being assaulted by jail staff here, saying his death was caused by a sudden stroke and heart attack. Mohsin Rafiq Chaudhry , Senior Superintendent of Kot Lakhpat Jail in Lahore , claimed a few Indian newspapers had published "concocted news with ulterior motives" about Singh being tortured to death. He also described the reports of Singh's death after allegedly being assaulted as "malicious Indian propaganda".

DUBAI: Veteran actor Farooq Sheikh , who is best remembered for his performances in films like 'Garm Hava', 'Shatranj Ke Khiladi', 'Chashme Buddoor' and 'Kissi Se Na Kehna', died after suffering a heart attack here. He was 65. "He has passed away," a family member told media, without disclosing any further details. The actor was in Dubai apparently for a concert when he suffered the heart attack on late Friday night. His body will be brought to Mumbai later in the day after completing the formalities in Dubai.

Cancer, TB, plague, cholera...There's never been a dearth of killer ailments in Bollywood's plotpourri of tearjerkers. But there's never been anything quite as convenient as a heart attack to knock off a character and bring out the hankies. Back in the Sixties-Seventies, it was inevitably used to bump off 'Daddy' when the baraat left the mandap for want of dowry or when the daughter became pregnant out of wedlock. One of its most popular victims was a shawl-draped Nazir Hussain (not the producer-director)

PHUKET: Gujarat Police chief Amitabh Pathak, who was holidaying here with his family, died of a heart attack today. Pathak, 58, was swimming when he suffered a massive cardiac arrest, officials of the Indian Embassy in Bangkok told PTI. Indian Ambassador Anil Wadhwa said the mission is extending all assistance to Pathak's family. Pathak had gone to Thailand with his family for a vacation. He is survived by his wife, a son and a daughter. An IPS officer of the 1977 batch, Pathak was appointed Director General of Police of Gujarat on February 27 this year.

HYDERABAD: The economy may be picking up, the stock markets may be on a roll and Corporate India may be coming back into the black. But the honchos who run it are definitely not in the pink of their health, according to the latest lifestyle and health survey of top-notch CEOs in the country by CII and Apollo Hospitals. The hefty pay and perks, fast cars and five-star wining and dining ? all symbols of corporate success ? are coming at the cost of the these CEOs' health, the survey done in Mumbai and Kolkota, has shown.

WASHINGTON: Middle-aged men who ate seven or more eggs a week had a higher risk of earlier death, US researchers reported on Wednesday. Men with diabetes who ate any eggs at all raised their risk of death during a 20-year period studied, according to the study published in the American Journal of Clinical Nutrition. The study adds to an ever-growing body of evidence, much of it contradictory, about how safe eggs are to eat. It did not examine what about the eggs might affect the risk of death.

WASHINGTON: India could prevent over nine million deaths due to cardiovascular disease over the next decade if it implements smoking bans and levy higher tobacco taxes, a new study has found. Smoke-free laws and increased tobacco taxes would yield substantial and rapid health benefits by averting future cardiovascular disease (CVD) deaths, researchers said. "Smoke-free legislation has not been consistently implemented, one in three adults reported being exposed to smoking at work in 2009 and 2010, varying from 15.4 per cent in Chandigarh to 67.9 per cent in Jammu and Kashmir ," according to the study published in the journal PLOS Medicine.